A brief overview of infectious diseases impacting farmed shrimp and some experimental strategies on disease control
by César Marcial Escobedo-Bonilla, Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR) Unidad Sinaloa
First published in International Aquafeed, January-February 2016
Modern shrimp aquaculture began in 1933 in Japan with the induced spawning and hatching of Marsupenaeus japonicus larvae.
This technology allowed the production of shrimp larvae in hatcheries instead of using larvae from the wild to stock grow-out ponds. Shrimp farming is an important activity in several low-income countries in Asia, America and Africa as it generates employment and wealth.
Nonetheless, intensification of shrimp culture increased the appearance of infectious diseases due to deviations in environmental and physiological factors. Infectious diseases caused by viruses or bacteria represent the biggest threat to development of shrimp farming due to high mortalities.
Pathogens that have caused severe epizootics and high mortalities to different stages and species of shrimp include Baculoviruses, Parvo-like viruses, Dicistrovirus, Ronivirus, Nimavirus and more recently, a bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Read the full article in International Aquafeed HERE.
by César Marcial Escobedo-Bonilla, Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR) Unidad Sinaloa
First published in International Aquafeed, January-February 2016
Modern shrimp aquaculture began in 1933 in Japan with the induced spawning and hatching of Marsupenaeus japonicus larvae.
This technology allowed the production of shrimp larvae in hatcheries instead of using larvae from the wild to stock grow-out ponds. Shrimp farming is an important activity in several low-income countries in Asia, America and Africa as it generates employment and wealth.
Nonetheless, intensification of shrimp culture increased the appearance of infectious diseases due to deviations in environmental and physiological factors. Infectious diseases caused by viruses or bacteria represent the biggest threat to development of shrimp farming due to high mortalities.
Pathogens that have caused severe epizootics and high mortalities to different stages and species of shrimp include Baculoviruses, Parvo-like viruses, Dicistrovirus, Ronivirus, Nimavirus and more recently, a bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Read the full article in International Aquafeed HERE.
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